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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2017 Codethink Limited
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	 See the GNU
+#  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#  Authors:
+#        Tristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk>
+
+from .. import _yaml
+from .. import LoadError, LoadErrorReason
+from .option import Option, OPTION_SYMBOLS
+
+
+# OptionBool
+#
+# A boolean project option
+#
+class OptionBool(Option):
+
+    OPTION_TYPE = 'bool'
+
+    def load(self, node):
+
+        super(OptionBool, self).load(node)
+        _yaml.node_validate(node, OPTION_SYMBOLS + ['default'])
+        self.value = _yaml.node_get(node, bool, 'default')
+
+    def load_value(self, node):
+        self.value = _yaml.node_get(node, bool, self.name)
+
+    def set_value(self, value):
+        if value == 'True' or value == 'true':
+            self.value = True
+        elif value == 'False' or value == 'false':
+            self.value = False
+        else:
+            raise LoadError(LoadErrorReason.INVALID_DATA,
+                            "Invalid value for boolean option {}: {}".format(self.name, value))